macOS
brew install kafkactllocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für kafkactl in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install kafkactllocal Homebrew formula metadata
nix profile install nixpkgs#kafkactlnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ka/kafkactl/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
winget install --id deviceinsight.kafkactl -eWindows Package Manager source index · deviceinsight.kafkactl · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
Überblick
CLI for managing Apache Kafka
Verlauf
kafkactl is a Go command-line interface for operating Apache Kafka clusters, with commands for topics, consumer groups, brokers, ACLs, schemas, producing, and consuming messages.
Device Insight opened the public GitHub repository in December 2018 and published release 0.0.1 on 2018-12-12, followed by 1.0.0 on 2019-01-23. The project grew around the common need for a kubectl-style Kafka administration tool with shell completion, contexts, schema-registry support, Kubernetes-assisted access, and plugin-based token providers.
The upstream README documents Homebrew, Winget, deb/rpm, AUR, manual binaries, Docker, and Kubernetes use. That packaging spread made kafkactl a practical day-to-day tool for developers and platform engineers who need Kafka administration without running heavier web consoles.
Users configure named Kafka contexts in config.yml, then use kafkactl to list and manage topics, inspect consumer groups, produce and consume records, and work with Avro, JSON Schema, and Protobuf payloads. Credentials may live in the config file, OS keyring, or Kubernetes secrets depending on the deployment model.
For package-manager users, kafkactl is notable because it is a single static-feeling CLI that wraps several Kafka workflows that otherwise require a mix of Kafka distribution scripts, schema-registry clients, kubectl port access, and ad hoc shell helpers.
Sicherheitslage
Für kafkactl wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.config/kafkactl/config.yml~/.kafkactl/config.yml/etc/kafkactl/config.yml%APPDATA%\kafkactl\config.ymlCredential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
~/.config/kafkactl/config.yml~/.kafkactl/config.yml/etc/kafkactl/config.yml%APPDATA%\kafkactl\config.ymlExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
kafkactl | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:kafkactl |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.19.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kafkactl |
| Homepage | https://deviceinsight.github.io/kafkactl/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://deviceinsight.github.io/kafkactl |
| Lizenz | Apache-2.0 |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl/archive/refs/tags/v5.19.0.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-05-13T15:39:07Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | go |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | kafkactl |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
kafkactl
nix profile install nixpkgs#kafkactldeviceinsight.kafkactl
winget install --id deviceinsight.kafkactl -eQuellspur
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